Deuteronomy 3:7
What does Deuteronomy 3:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 3:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But we took for ourselves all the cattle and the stored wealth of the towns.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we have spoiled for ourselves.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But the cattle and the spoils of the cities we took for our prey.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.
Context
v.6And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.
v.7This passage
v.8And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 2:35
only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.
- Joshua 8:27
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.
- Joshua 11:11
And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
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